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My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in last week's article, an episode,

I gave you the exact recipes for two pretty epic smoothies and exactly what my current

morning smoothie recipe looks like. Well, in today's episode, we're going to take a deep dive

into some of the most interesting fringe and tastiest superfood ingredients I've discovered lately to truly bring your smoothie taste and

nutritional benefits to the next level. So let's just jump right in. The first is raw

organic golden inkin berries by a company called sun food. Golden berries are considered to be one of

the lost crops of the In considered to be one of the last

crops of the Inca's and one of the small selection of foods grown at the ancient

mountaintopetop citadel of Machu Picchu, a nutritional powerhouse. Goldenberries have vitamin C and

A, iron, pectin, beta-carotene, protein, bioflavinoids, and niacin, and this mouthwatering tangy sweetness that you'll love. My kids love

them too, by the way. I've tried a lot of goldenberries, and these ones by sunfood are by far the

best, because they're soft and plump and sweet, and they have this delightful, chewy quality

and a complex floral citrusy flavor, like cumquots and tangerines and roses. Amazing. Number two is a 100% dark chocolate

by a company called fruition. Now, in a recent podcast interview with a guy named Kevin Rose,

over at Ben Greenfield Fitness.com slash Kevin. Kevin and I dig into some of his favorite

superfoods, and his top recommendation was this raw cacao bar made in New York City.

Now after interviewing him, I just had to try this fruition chocolate for myself.

So I began to order and break up a quarter bar of the stuff into my morning smoothie as an

alternative to the cacao nibs that I used to use.

Now, Kevin wasn't wrong. This is some of the most flavorful

antioxidant-packed chocolate I've ever had in my life. It hails from the Dominican Republic in Peru,

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